"AND FOR HIS DWELLING AND HIS THRONE HE CHOOSETH THE PURE IN HEART"

Pilot.
75 (New Zealand Squadron) Royal Air Force.
Wellington 3, DF 673AA (also reported as BJ 673) was brought down at 2315 hrs by a German fighter. After their bomber caught fire the crew bailed out at low altitude, killing all 5 members. The bomber crashed in the area of Pereboomsgat, Moerbeke-Waas, Belgium. They were on a large mission to bomb Nuremberg, Germany.

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